# Benvenuto da Imola — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Benvenuto da Imola in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Benvenuto

**First appearance:** 0001-the-divine-comedy

## Who they are

Early commentator on the Divine Comedy.

## In the story

### [Canto XVIII: Virgil's Discourse on Love and the Slothful](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xviii)

The Abbot of San Zeno, who speaks to Dante about the corruption in his monastery under Barbarossa's empire.

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